Unix Linux Engineer Contract Job Trends in Barrow-in-Furness

Unix/Linux Engineer
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The median Unix/Linux Engineer daily rate in Barrow-in-Furness is £481, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
11 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Unix Linux Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Barrow-in-Furness 0.48% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 - -
Cumbria median daily rate £481 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Barrow-in-Furness

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness with a recognized job title 170 123 160
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.73% 94.62% 96.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 50 94
10th Percentile £319 £412 £428
25th Percentile £415 £438 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.73% -7.50% +2.88%
75th Percentile £539 £588 £589
90th Percentile £608 £638 £670
Cumbria median daily rate £495 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -10.00% +4.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 17 27
10th Percentile - £27.14 £31.51
25th Percentile £63.08 £38.63 £45.22
Median hourly rate £68.17 £56.04 £62.02
Median % change year-on-year +21.64% -9.64% +11.75%
75th Percentile £73.25 £59.90 £68.75
90th Percentile - £74.45 £71.30
Cumbria median hourly rate £63.74 £54.51 £23.50
% change year-on-year +16.92% +131.96% -57.79%

Unix Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness

For the 6 months to 11 August 2026, Unix Linux Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Barrow-in-Furness region featuring Unix Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CentOS
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle ZFS
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Unix

Unix Linux Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) CentOS
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle ZFS